SACRAMENTO, Calif. – American veterans are celebrated every year on November 11, but many people are working to ensure veterans are celebrated year-round by preserving history.
Every year, several artifacts and other mementos are left at the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Sacramento’s Capitol Park. The Friends of California Archives said some 1,300 items have been left at the memorial since it opened in 1988.
Some of the items are of sentimental value while others are pieces of history — often left behind without a name from the person that brought it there…